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BY  THE 

Trustees  of  Columbia  College 

IN  THE  CITY  OF  NEW  YORK 


May  2,  1887 


NEW  YORK 

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September,  1887 


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CONTENTS. 


PAGE 

Trustees  of  Columbia  College  ......  iv 

Statutes  : 

Part  I. — General  Provisions  .....  i 

Of  the  President I 

Of  the  Faculties  .......  2 

Of  the  Library  .......  3 

Of  Other  Officers  of  the  College  ....  4 

Of  Students  .......  4 

Of  Free  Scholarships  ......  5 

Of  Foundations 6 

Of  Commencements 6 

Of  Vacations 7 

Part  II. — School  of  Arts 8 

Of  the  President 8 

Of  the  Board  of  the  College  ....  8 

Of  Admission 9 

Of  the  Course  of  Study 9 

Of  Instruction  for  Graduates  ....  10 

Of  Degrees 10 

£ Part  III. — School  of  Mines 1 1 

Of  the  Faculty  . . . . . . . 1 1 

Of  Admission  . . . . . . . 1 1 

5 Of  the  Course  of  Study  . . . . . 12 

Of  Instruction  for  Graduates  . . . . 13 

o Of  Degrees  . . . . . . . . 13 

Part  IV. — School  of  Law  . . . . . 13 

Of  the  Warden  . . . . . . . 13 

Of  the  Faculty 14 

Of  Admissions  14 

Of  the  Course  of  Study 15 

Of  Degrees . 15 

Part  V. — School  of  Political  Science  ...  16 

Of  the  Faculty 16 

Of  Admission  .......  16 

Of  the  Course  of  Study  .....  16 

Of  Degrees  . . . . . . . . 17 

Part  VI. — Collegiate  Course  for  Women  . . 17 

Part  VII. — Of  Amendments  .....  19 

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TRUSTEES  OF  COLUMBIA  COLLEGE. 


NAMES.  RESIDENCES. 

Hamilton  Fish,  LL.D.,  Chairman  of  the  Board,  251  East  17th  St. 

William  C.  Schermerhorn 49  West  23d  Street. 

Morgan  Dix,  S.T.D 27  West  25th  Street. 

Frederick  A.  P.  Barnard,  S.T.D. , LL.D.,  L.H.D.,  College  Green. 

Samuel  Blatchford,  LL.D Washington,  D.C. 

Stephen  P.  Nash 11  West  19th  Street. 

Joseph  W.  Harper 562  Fifth  Avenue. 

Cornelius  R.  Agnew,  M.D 266  Madison  Avenue. 

A.  Ernest  Vanderpoel 114  East  16th  Street. 

Charles  A.  Silliman 41  West  46th  Street. 

Frederick  A.  Schermerhorn 61  University  Place. 

Gerard  Beekman,  Clerk  of  the  Board 5 East  34th  Street. 

Office,  149  Broadway. 

Abram  N.  Littlejohn,  S.T.D. . . . 170  Remsen  Street,  Brooklyn. 

John  J.  Townsend 131  Fifth  Avenue. 

Edward  Mitchell 45  West  55th  Street. 

W.  Bayard  Cutting 18  West  57th  Street. 

Talbot  W.  Chambers,  S.T.D 70  West  36th  Street. 

Seth  Low 201  Columbia  Heights,  Brooklyn. 

George  L.  Rives 15  East  29th  Street. 

Lenox  Smith 1 Wall  Street. 

George  L.  Peabody,  M.D 57  West  38th  Street. 

John  Crosby  Brown 36  East  37th  Street. 

Charles  M.  Da  Costa 4 West  33d  Street. 

Henry  C.  Potter,  S.T.D.,  LL.D 160  West  59th  Street. 


John  McLean  Nash,  Treasurer 


67  Wall  Street. 


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Resolved , That  the  statutes,  as  revised,  shall  go  into  effect 
on  the  1st  day  of  July,  1887,  and  that  the  existing  statutes, 
and  all  orders,  resolutions,  and  directions  heretofore  made 
by  the  trustees,  which  are  inconsistent  with  the  statutes, 
as  revised,  shall  be  repealed,  and  be  of  no  force  or  validity 
after  the  said  1st  day  of  July,  1887. 


STATUTES. 


PART  /. 

GENERAL  PROVISIONS. 


CHAPTER  I. 

OF  THE  PRESIDENT. 

§ i.  The  President  of  the  College  shall  be  the  president 
of  every  faculty  established  by  the  trustees.  He  shall, 
when  present,  preside  at  all  commencements,  and  shall  sign 
all  diplomas  for  degrees  duly  conferred. 

He  shall,  when  present,  preside  at  all  meetings  of  the 
several  faculties,  and  his  concurrence  shall  be  necessary  to 
every  act  of  each  of  the  faculties  ; unless,  after  his  non- 
concurrence, the  act  or  resolution  shall  be  again  passed  by 
the  vote  of  two-thirds  of  the  entire  faculty  at  the  same  or 
at  the  next  succeeding  meeting  of  the  faculty. 

In  case  the  faculty  be  equally  divided,  the  president 
shall  have  a casting  vote,  in  addition  to  his  vote  as  a mem- 
ber of  the  faculty. 

In  all  cases  where  there  shall  be  a non-concurrence  be- 
tween the  president  and  a majority  of  the  faculty  present 
at  the  time,  the  names  of  those  voting  on  each  side  shall  be 
entered  on  the  minutes  of  the  faculty,  and  each  member  of 
the  faculty  shall  be  entitled  to  have  entered  on  the  min- 
utes his  reasons  presented  at  the  time  (in  writing),  for  his 
vote. 

§ 2.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  president  to  take  charge 
and  have  care  of  the  college  generally,  of  its  buildings,  of 
the  grounds  adjacent  thereto,  and  of  its  movable  property 
upon  the  same  ; 

To  see  that  the  course  of  instruction  and  discipline  is 
faithfully  pursued  ; 

To  call  meetings  of  the  several  faculties,  and  to  give 
such  directions  and  perform  such  acts  as  shall,  in  his  judg- 
ment, promote  the  interests  of  the  college,  so  that  they  do 


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not  contravene  the  charter,  the  statutes,  the  orders  of  the 
trustees,  or  the  decisions  of  the  several  faculties  ; 

To  visit  the  class-rooms  from  time  to  time,  and  keep  him- 
self informed  of  the  manner  in  which  the  classes  are  taught ; 

To  report  to  the  trustees  annually,  at  the  stated  meeting 
in  May,  and,  as  occasion  shall  require,  the  state  of  the  col- 
lege, and  particularly  the  manner  in  which  the  several  pro- 
fessors and  tutors,  and  other  officers,  perform  their  respec- 
tive duties. 


CHAPTER  II. 

OF  THE  FACULTIES. 

§ I.  The  several  faculties  shall  have  power  in  their  re- 
spective schools  from  time  to  time  (subject  to  the  reserved 
power  of  control  by  the  trustees)  : 

To  fix  the  requirements  of  admission,  the  course  of  study 
and  the  conditions  of  graduation  ; 

To  establish  rules  for  ascertaining  the  proficiency  of  stu 
dents,  and  for  determining  their  relative  standing ; 

To  establish  the  rules  of  conduct  to  be  observed  by  the 
students,  and  to  punish  infractions  of  the  same  ; 

To  adjudge  rewards  and  punishments  ; 

To  make  all  such  regulations  of  their  own  proceedings, 
and  for  the  better  government  of  their  respective  schools, 
as  shall  not  contravene  the  charter  of  the  college,  the 
statutes,  or  any  order  of  the  trustees. 

§ 2.  No  exercise  of  the  powers  conferred  on  any  of  the 
faculties  which  may  change  the  terms  of  admission  to  any 
school,  or  the  course  of  instruction  in  the  same,  or  the  re- 
quirements of  graduation,  shall  take  effect  until  at  least 
ninety  days  after  the  same  shall  have  been  submitted  to 
the  trustees. 

§ 3.  Appointments  of  all  officers  of  grades  inferior  to 
that  of  adjunct  or  assistant  professor,  including  fellows, 
prize  lecturers,  and  tutors,  shall  be  made  by  the  faculties 
severally  of  the  schools  in  which  such  officers  are  to  serve, 
subject  to  confirmation  by  the  trustees ; the  number  and 
grade  of  all  such  officers  and  the  amount  of  their  compen- 
sation being  determined  by  the  trustees. 

§ 4.  Each  faculty  shall  keep  a book  of  minutes  of  its 
proceedings,  which  shall  be  submitted  by  the  president  to 
the  trustees  at  their  meetings. 

§ 5.  No  officer  engaged  in  instruction  shall  be  employed 


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in  any  occupation  which  interferes  with  the  thorough,  effi- 
cient, and  earnest  performance  of  the  duties  of  his  office. 

§ 6.  The  professors  in  the  several  schools  shall  take 
precedence  according  to  the  dates  of  their  appointments. 

§ 7.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  professors,  instructors, 
and  tutors  to  assist  the  president  with  their  counsel  and 
co-operation. 

CHAPTER  III. 

OF  THE  LIBRARY. 

§ i.  The  president  shall,  subject  to  the  trustees  and  the 
Committee  on  the  Library,  have  the  general  charge  and 
control  of  the  library  and  the  rooms  containing  it,  and  also 
of  the  expenditure  of  all  moneys  appropriated  by  the 
trustees  for  the  purchase  of  books  and  supplies  therefor  ; 
he  shall  appoint  all  needed  assistants  and  subordinate  offi- 
cers, and  fix  their  titles,  duties,  and  compensations,  pro- 
vided that  the  total  amount  shall  not  exceed  the  appropria- 
tion of  the  trustees  for  that  purpose  ; he  shall  regularly 
report  all  such  appointments  to  the  trustees ; he  shall 
make  and  enforce  by  suitable  penalties  any  needed  rules 
and  regulations  relating  to  the  library,  its  readers,  officers, 
or  servants ; and,  unless  otherwise  specially  ordered  by  the 
trustees,  he  shall  have  charge  of  all  matters  pertaining  to 
the  college  library,  and  the  custody  of  all  college  publica- 
tions, works  of  art  and  historical  interest,  etc.,  belonging 
to  the  college,  and  shall  make  annual  examinations  of  the 
same,  and  fix  their  place  of  deposit,  and  may  make  any 
needed  regulations  to  increase  their  usefulness  or  secure 
their  safety. 

§ 2.  The  chief  librarian  shall  be  the  executive  officer  of 
the  library,  under  the  direction  of  the  president,  and  shall 
attend  to  the  execution  of  all  orders,  votes,  directions,  and 
regulations. 

He  shall  be  the  custodian  of  the  property  of  the  library, 
and  of  its  files,  records,  books,  and  papers,  and  shall  when 
required  by  the  Committee  on  the  Library,  keep  full  record 
of  their  proceedings,  send  notices,  conduct  correspondence, 
and  sign  and  issue  orders.  All  bills  on  account  of  the 
library,  for  books,  periodicals,  binding,  supplies,  adminis- 
tration, or  other  expenses,  shall  be  examined  and  certified 
by  the  chief  librarian,  or,  in  his  absence,  by  the  deputy 
duly  appointed,  and  countersigned  by  the  president,  before 
being  paid. 


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§ 3.  The  Committee  on  the  Library  shall,  on  or  before  the 
first  Monday  in  January  in  each  year,  report  to  the  trustees 
the  condition  of  the  library  building,  fixtures,  and  books, 
the  additions,  use,  receipts,  and  expenditures  of  the  year, 
with  all  needed  information  or  recommendations.  With 
this  annual  report  shall  be  submitted  an  estimate  in  detail 
of  the  appropriations  required  for  the  increase  and  adminis- 
tration of  the  library  for  the  ensuing  financial  year,  to- 
gether with  an  estimate  of  any  income  to  be  derived  from 
fines,  the  sale  of  duplicates,  or  other  sources. 

CHAPTER  IV. 

OF  OTHER  OFFICERS  OF  THE  COLLEGE. 

§ i.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  superintendent,  under  the 
direction  of  the  president,  to  take  charge  of  the  boiler 
house,  and  of  the  heating,  ventilating,  and  lighting  appara- 
tus ; to  employ,  control,  and  discharge  all  persons  employed 
in  and  about  the  said  boiler  house  and  apparatus,  and  all 
janitors,  watchmen,  and  other  subordinates  and  servants  ; 
to  keep  the  entire  grounds  of  the  college  and  all  the  build- 
ings thereon  (except  the  president’s  house)  and  the  side- 
walks surrounding  the  grounds,  clean  and  free  from  dust, 
dirt,  snow,  and  ice,  and  to  care  for  the  coat  rooms  of  the 
college  and  of  its  schools  ; and  he  shall  have  care  of  the 
college  grounds  and  buildings  (except  as  aforesaid),  and  of 
the  furniture  and  fixtures  therein,  and  shall  see  that  the 
same  are  kept  in  good  and  proper  order,  and  in  sufficient 
repair,  and  shall  perform  such  other  duties  as  may  from 
time  to  time,  be  imposed  upon  him  by  the  president,  or  the 
Committee  on  Buildings  and  Grounds,  or  the  trustees. 

§ 2.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  proctor,  under  the  direc- 
tion of  the  president,  to  preserve  and  maintain  peace  and 
order  within  the  college  precincts,  and  to  report  all  viola- 
tions thereof  to  the  president.  He  shall  also,  so  far  as 
proper  attention  to  his  regular  duties  will  permit,  discharge 
such  duties  in  the  library  as  may  be  assigned  to  him  by 
the  president. 

CHAPTER  V. 

OF  STUDENTS. 

§ 1.  Every  student  will  be  required  immediately  upon 
his  admission  to  any  school,  and  subsequently  at  the  begin- 


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ning  of  each  succeeding  academic  year,  to  write  in  the  ma- 
triculation book  of  the  school  his  own  name  and  the  name, 
place  of  abode,  and  post-office  of  his  father  or  guardian. 

§ 2.  None  but  matriculated  students  or  graduates  of  the 
college  shall  be  allowed  to  attend  any  of  the  classes  with- 
out the  special  permission  of  the  trustees. 

§ 3.  Tuition  fees  shall  be  paid  on  matriculation. 

§ 4.  An  honorable  discharge  shall  always  be  granted  to 
any  student  in  good  standing,  who  may  desire  to  withdraw 
from  the  college ; but  no  undergraduate  of  the  School  of 
Arts  or  the  School  of  Mines  under  the  age  of  twenty-one 
years  shall  be  entitled  to  a discharge  without  the  assent  of 
his  parent  or  guardian,  given  in  writing  to  the  president. 

§ 5.  So  soon  as  a student  shall  have  been  admitted  to 
any  school,  he  shall  be  presented  with  a copy  of  these 
statutes,  and  of  any  printed  rules  and  by-laws  made  under 
them  for  the  government  of  the  students  by  the  faculty  of 
the  school. 

§ 6.  No  woman  shall  be  admitted  as  a student  in  any 
department  of  the  college,  other  than  the  Collegiate  Course 
for  Women,  except  by  special  order  of  the  trustees. 

§ 7.  Any  student  of  the  School  of  Law,  the  School  of 
Political  Science,  the  graduate  department  of  the  School  of 
Arts,  or  the  graduate  department  of  the  School  of  Mines, 
pursuing  a full  course,  may  attend  any  courses  in  any  other 
school  of  the  college  without  paying  any  further  full  fee  for 
tuition.  But  he  shall  be  required  to  matriculate  in  each 
school  which  he  attends,  and  to  pay  the  difference  (if  any) 
in  tuition  fees. 


CHAPTER  VI. 

OF  FREE  SCHOLARSHIPS. 

§ i.  The  Alumni  Association  of  Columbia  College  shall 
be  entitled  to  have  always,  in  the  undergraduate  depart- 
ment of  the  School  of  Arts,  four  students  to  be  instructed 
free  of  charge. 

§ 2.  The  Society  for  Promoting  Religion  and  Learning 
in  the  State  of  New  York  shall  be  entitled  to  have  always, 
in  the  undergraduate  department  of  the  School  of  Arts,  two 
students  in  each  class,  to  be  instructed  free  of  charge. 

§ 3.  The  members  of  the  Board  of  the  College,  the  pro- 
fessors of  the  School  of  Mines,  of  the  Law  School,  and  of 
the  School  of  Political  Science,  and  the  chaplain  of  the 


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college,  shall  be  entitled  to  have  their  sons  educated  in  any 
school  of  the  college  free  of  charge. 

§ 4.  The  above  privileges  are  subject  to  the  regulations 
of  the  trustees  in  regard  to  the  standing  and  scholarship  of 
persons  allowed  free  tuition. 

CHAPTER  VII. 

OF  FOUNDATIONS. 

§ I.  Any  person  or  persons  who  may  found  a scholarship, 
by  the  payment  of  not  less  than  two  thousand  dollars  to 
the  Treasurer  of  the  College,  shall  be  entitled  to  have 
always  one  student  educated  in  the  college  free  of  all 
charges  for  tuition.  This  right  may  be  transferred  to 
others.  The  scholarship  shall  bear  such  name  as  the 
founder  or  founders  may  designate. 

§ 2.  Any  person  or  persons  who  shall  endow  a professor- 
ship in  the  classics,  in  political,  mathematical,  or  physical 
science,  or  in  the  literature  of  any  of  the  ancient  or  modern 
languages,  by  the  payment  of  not  less  than  one  hundred 
thousand  dollars  to  the  Treasurer  of  the  College,  shall  for- 
ever have  the  right  of  nominating  a professor  for  the  same, 
subject  to  the  approbation  of  the  trustees,  who  shall  hold 
his  office  by  the  same  tenure  as  the  other  professors  of 
the  college — the  nomination  to  be  made  by  the  person  or 
persons  who  shall  make  the  endowment,  or  such  person  or 
persons  as  he  or  they  may  designate.  The  proceeds  of 
the  endowment  shall  be  appropriated  to  the  salary  of  the 
professor. 

CHAPTER  VIII. 

OF  COMMENCEMENTS. 

§ I.  There  shall  be  an  annual  commencement  on  the  sec- 
ond Wednesday  in  June,  when  degrees  shall  be  conferred 
in  all  the  schools. 

At  the  commencement  there  shall  be  exhibited  such  lit- 
erary or  other  performances  as  the  several  faculties,  with 
the  approval  of  the  trustees,  may  direct. 

§ 2.  Should  there,  among  the  exercises  so  ordered,  be  any 
orations  or  addresses  from  members  of  the  graduating 
classes,  all  such  performances  shall  be  previously  submitted 
for  criticism  to  the  president,  and  no  student  who  shall  re- 


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fuse  or  neglect  to  adopt  the  corrections  or  amendments 
pointed  out  to  him,  or  who  shall  deliver  his  oration  or  ex- 
ercise otherwise  than  is  approved  by  the  president,  shall  re- 
ceive his  degree. 

§ 3.  No  student  neglecting  or  refusing  to  perform  the 
part  assigned  him  shall  receive  his  degree. 

§ 4.  No  candidate  for  a degree  in  any  school  shall  be  en- 
titled to  receive  the  same  until  he  shall  have  discharged  all 
his  dues  to  the  college. 

CHAPTER  IX. 

OF  VACATIONS. 

§ i.  There  shall  be  a vacation  of  all  the  schools  from  the 
second  Wednesday  in  June  until  the  first  Monday  in 
October. 

§ 2.  There  shall  be  an  intermission  of  the  public  lectures 
on  Ash  Wednesday,  on  Good  Friday,  on  public  holidays 
established  by  law,  and  on  such  days  in  each  year  as  may 
be  recommended  by  the  civil  authority  to  be  observed  as 
days  of  fast  or  thanksgiving  ; and  for  two  weeks,  commen- 
cing on  the  fourth  Monday  in  December,  unless  the  fourth 
Monday  shall  fall  later  than  the  twenty-sixth  day  of  the 
month,  and  in  that  case  commencing  with  the  third  Mon- 
day. 

§ 3.  The  president  may,  in  extraordinary  cases,  grant  an 
intermission  for  other  days,  not  exceeding  one  day  at  any 
one  time  ; and  it  shall  be  his  duty  always  to  report  the 
same  at  the  next  succeeding  meeting  of  the  trustees, 
together  with  the  object  and  reason  for  granting  such  inter- 
mission. 

§ 4.  No  professor  or  other  officer  of  the  college  shall  ex- 
cuse a class  or  section  from  assembling  at  the  time  and 
place  appointed  for  lecture  and  recitation,  or  dismiss  a class 
or  section  after  it  may  have  assembled  before  the  expiration 
of  the  time  allotted  to  the  exercise,  without  the  consent  of 
the  president ; nor,  without  such  consent,  shall  any  class  or 
section  be  excused  from  the  performance  of  any  exercise 
required  of  them. 


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PART  II. 

THE  SCHOOL  OF  ARTS. 


CHAPTER  I. 

OF  THE  PRESIDENT. 

§ i.  The  president  shall  have  power  to  grant  leave  of 
absence  for  reasonable  cause,  and  for  such  length  of  time  as 
he  shall  judge  the  occasion  may  require.  Such  leave  of 
absence  shall  be  entered  upon  the  minutes  of  the  faculty. 

§ 2.  He  shall  assemble  the  classes  every  day  except  Satur- 
day and  Sunday,  at  a convenient  hour,  to  be  fixed  by  the 
faculty,  for  the  purpose  of  attending  prayers;  and  at  these 
daily  prayers  it  shall  be  the  duty  of  each  of  the  members 
of  the  faculty  to  be  present,  unless  his  presence  shall  be 
dispensed  with  by  the  president. 

§ 3.  In  the  absence  or  sickness  of  the  president,  the  sen- 
ior professor,  who  shall  be  in  the  regular  performance  of  his 
duties,  shall  perform  the  duties  and  exercise  the  authority 
of  the  president. 


CHAPTER  II. 

OF  THE  BOARD  OF  THE  COLLEGE. 

§ 1.  The  faculty  of  the  School  of  Arts  shall  consist  of 
the  president  and  the  professors  engaged  in  the  course  of 
instruction,  and  shall  constitute  “ The  Board  of  the  Col- 
lege.” Instructors  and  tutors  shall  have  seats  at  the 
board  on  all  occasions  when  the  conduct  or  proficiency  of 
the  students  under  their  charge,  in  the  departments  in 
which  they  respectively  give  instruction,  shall  be  in  ques- 
tion, but  on  no  other  occasion ; but  they  shall  have  no 
vote. 

§ 2.  The  Board  of  the  College  shall  appoint  a secretary, 
whose  duty  it  shall  be  to  keep  minutes  of  their  proceedings, 
and  to  superintend  the  necessary  printing  of  all  the  schools, 
the  annual  and  sextennial  registers,  and  the  general  hand- 
book. He  shall  receive  a compensation  therefor,  to  be 
fixed  by  the  trustees. 


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§ 3.  The  board  shall  hold  meetings  at  least  once  a week 
during  term  time. 


CHAPTER  III. 

OF  ADMISSION. , 

§ i.  No  student  shall  be  admitted  to  the  freshman  class, 
at  its  formation,  unless  he  shall  have  attained  the  age  of 
fifteen  years ; nor  to  a more  advanced  standing  without  a 
corresponding  increase  of  age  ; but  this  rule  may  be  dis- 
pensed with  when,  in  the  opinion  of  the  faculty,  there  are 
sufficient  reasons  to  justify  its  relaxation. 

§ 2.  Every  candidate  for  admission  shall  be  required  to 
present,  before  examination,  a certificate  of  good  moral 
character  from  his  last  teacher,  or  from  some  citizen  in  good 
standing  ; and  students  from  other  colleges  shall  be  required 
to  bring  certificates  from  those  colleges  of  honorable  dis- 
charge. 

§ 3.  Every  applicant  for  admission  shall  be  examined  in 
such  subjects  as  the  faculty  may  from  time  to  time  pre- 
scribe. All  the  requirements  for  admission  shall  be  annually 
published. 

§ 4.  No  candidate  shall  be  admitted  to  an  advanced 
standing  until  he  shall  have  passed  a satisfactory  examina- 
tion upon  the  studies  which  have  been  pursued  by  the  class 
for  which  he  applies,  as  well  as  upon  those  required  for 
admission. 

§ 5.  Students  desiring  to  pursue  one  or  more  subjects  of 
study  less  than  a full  course  shall  be  required  to  matricu- 
late, and  shall  be  permitted  to  attend  any  such  course  as 
they  may  choose,  and  may  be  found  qualified  to  enter 
upon  ; but  will  not  be  regarded  as  candidates  for  degrees. 

CHAPTER  IV. 

OF  THE  COURSE  OF  STUDY. 

§ 1.  There  shall  be  four  classes  of  undergraduate  students 
in  the  School  of  Arts,  to  be  called  the  freshman  class,  the 
sophomore  class,  the  junior  class,  and  the  senior  class.  The 
course  of  study  of  each  of  these  classes  shall  occupy  a year, 
and  the  entire  course  four  years. 

§ 2.  A plan  of  the  course,  specifying  in  detail  the  studies 
to  be  pursued  in  each  year,  and  in  each  of  the  departments 


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of  instruction,  shall  from  time  to  time  be  prepared  by  the 
faculty. 

CHAPTER  V. 

OF  INSTRUCTION  FOR  GRADUATES. 

§ i.  Bachelors  of  arts,  letters,  science,  or  philosophy  of 
this  college,  or  of  any  other  college  in  good  standing,  may 
be  admitted  as  students  in  the  graduate  department  on  ex- 
hibiting their  diplomas  to  the  president,  and  presenting  to 
him  such  other  testimonials  as  he  may  require. 

§ 2.  Any  such  student  may,  on  matriculation,  attend  a 
course  in  a single  subject,  or  any  number  of  courses  which 
he  may  elect  to  pursue. 

§ 3.  The  faculty  shall  from  time  to  time  prepare  a plan 
of  the  subjects  and  courses  of  instruction  which  are  offered 
in  the  graduate  department. 

CHAPTER  VI. 

OF  DEGREES. 

§ 1.  Every  student  in  the  undergraduate  department  who 
shall  have  completed  the  entire  course  of  four  years,  and 
shall  have  passed  satisfactorily  all  the  examinations  required 
of  him,  shall  be  qualified  to  receive  the  degree  of  bachelor 
of  arts,  bachelor  of  letters,  or  bachelor  of  science. 

§ 2.  Any  alumnus  who  shall  present  himself  at  or  after 
the  end  of  the  third  year  after  his  graduation  as  bachelor 
for  examination  on  at  least  three  subjects  of  study  equiva- 
lent to  such  as  are  required  in  the  graduate  department  for 
the  degree  of  master  of  arts,  and  shall  pass  such  examina- 
tions satisfactorily,  shall  be  qualified  to  receive  the  said 
degree  of  master  of  arts. 

§ 3.  Bachelors  of  arts  of  other  colleges  who  shall  have 
satisfied  the  faculty  that  the  course  of  study  for  which 
they  received  that  degree  is  equivalent  to  that  for  which 
the  bachelor’s  degree  is  given  at  Columbia  College,  or  who 
shall  have  passed  such  preliminary  examination  as  the 
board  may  prescribe,  may  be  admitted  to  the  degree  of 
master  of  arts  on  the  same  terms  and  conditions  as  pre- 
scribed for  alumni  of  Columbia  College. 

§ 4.  Every  student  in  the  graduate  department  who  shall 
have  pursued,  for  at  least  one  academic  year,  a course  of 


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study  in  three  or  more  subjects,  and  shall  have  passed  an 
approved  examination  thereon,  shall  be  qualified  to  receive 
the  degree  of  master  of  arts. 

§ 5.  Every  student  in  the  graduate  department  who  shall 
have  pursued,  for  at  least  two  academic  years,  a course  of 
study  in  three  or  more  subjects,  and  shall  have  passed  an 
approved  examination  thereon,  and  who  shall  also  have  pre- 
sented an  acceptable  thesis  or  dissertation  embodying  the 
results  of  special  study,  research,  or  observation  upon  a 
subject  previously  approved  by  the  officers  of  instruction 
under  whom  he  has  studied,  shall  be  qualified  to  receive 
the  degree  of  doctor  of  philosophy,  doctor  of  letters,  or 
doctor  of  science.  A year  spent  in  the  graduate  depart- 
ment in  preparation  for  the  degree  of  master  of  arts  may 
be  counted  as  one  of  the  two  years  of  study  required  under 
this  section. 


PART  III. 

THE  SCHOOL  OF  MINES. 


CHAPTER  I. 

OF  THE  FACULTY. 

§ i.  The  faculty  of  the  School  of  Mines  shall  consist  of 
the  president  and  the  professors  engaged  in  giving  instruc- 
tion in  the  school. 

§ 2.  The  faculty  shall  be  authorized  to  elect  a dean 
from  among  their  own  number,  who  shall  be  charged  with 
such  duties  as  the  president  may  delegate  to  him. 

§ 3.  The  faculty  shall  hold  stated  meetings  at  least  once 
a month  during  term  time. 

CHAPTER  II. 

OF  ADMISSION. 

§ 1.  No  student  shall  be  admitted  to  the  first  class,  at  its 
formation,  unless  he  shall  have  attained  the  age  of  eighteen 
years ; nor  to  a more  advanced  standing  without  a corre- 


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sponding  increase  of  age ; but  this  rule  may  be  dispensed 
with  when,  in  the  opinion  of  the  faculty,  there  are  sufficient 
reasons  to  justify  its  relaxation. 

§ 2.  The  requirements  for  admission  shall  be  prescribed 
by  the  faculty  of  the  school,  and  shall  be  annually 
published. 

§ 3.  No  candidate  shall  be  admitted  to  advanced  standing 
until  he  shall  have  passed  a satisfactory  examination  upon 
the  studies  which  have  been  pursued  by  the  class  for  which 
he  applies ; but  graduates  and  students  of  colleges  and 
schools  of  science  in  good  standing,  who  shall  have  com- 
pleted so  much  of  the  course  of  study  as  shall  be  equivalent 
to  the  requirements  for  admission  to  the  school,  may  be 
admitted  at  the  beginning  of  the  second  year,  or  earlier, 
without  examination,  on  presenting  diplomas  or  certificates 
of  good  standing  and  honorable  discharge,  satisfactory  to 
the  examining  officers. 

CHAPTER  III. 

OF  THE  COURSE  OF  STUDY. 

§ i.  There  shall  be  four  classes  of  undergraduate  students 
in  the  school,  to  be  distinguished  as  the  first,  second,  third, 
and  fourth  classes.  The  course  of  study  of  each  of  these 
classes  shall  occupy  a year ; and  the  entire  course  four 
years. 

§ 2.  The  subjects  of  study  shall  be  so  grouped  as  to  form 
seven  independent  courses  of  instruction,  viz.,  a course  in 
civil  engineering,  a course  in  mining  engineering,  a course 
in  metallurgy,  a course  in  geology  and  paleontology,  a 
course  in  analytical  and  applied  chemistry,  a course  in 
architecture,  and  a course  in  sanitary  engineering.  At  the 
beginning  of  the  first  year  each  student  shall  elect  which  of 
the  seven  courses  above  mentioned  he  intends  to  pursue, 
and  after  having  made  his  election,  he  shall  not  be 
permitted  to  abandon  the  course  chosen  in  order  to  take 
up  another  without  the  consent  of  the  faculty,  to  be 
given  only  for  reasons  of  weight,  to  be  stated  in  the 
minutes. 

§ 3.  A plan  of  the  several  courses,  specifying  in  detail  the 
studies  to  be  pursued  in  each  year,  and  in  each  department 
of  instruction,  shall  from  time  to  time  be  prepared  by  the 
faculty. 


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CHAPTER  IV. 

OF  INSTRUCTION  FOR  GRADUATES. 

Graduates  of  the  School  of  Mines  may,  on  matriculation, 
be  admitted  as  graduate  students,  and  shall  pursue  such 
courses  of  study  therein  as  shall  from  time  to  time  be  pre- 
scribed by  the  faculty. 

CHAPTER  V. 

OF  DEGREES. 

§ i.  Every  student  who  shall  have  completed  the  entire 
course  of  four  years,  and  shall  have  passed  satisfactorily  all 
the  examinations  required  of  him,  shall  be  qualified  to 
receive  the  degree  of  engineer  of  mines,  civil  engineer, 
sanitary  engineer,  metallurgical  engineer,  or  bachelor  of 
philosophy. 

§ 2.  Every  graduate  student  who  shall  have  pursued  for 
two  years  a prescribed  course  of  study,  and  shall  have  passed 
a satisfactory  examination  thereon,  and  shall  also  have  pre- 
sented an  acceptable  dissertation  embodying  the  results  of 
special  study  upon  an  approved  subject,  shall  be  qualified 
to  receive  the  degree  of  doctor  of  philosophy. 


PART  IV. 

THE  SCHOOL  OF  LAW. 


CHAPTER  I. 

OF  THE  WARDEN. 

§ I.  It  shall  be  the  duty  of  the  warden  to  see  that  the 
course  of  instruction  prescribed  is  faithfully  pursued,  and 
due  discipline  observed  ; to  keep  himself  informed  of  the 
manner  and  efficiency  of  instruction  in  the  several  depart- 
ments ; with  the  approval  of  the  president  to  call  special 
meetings  of  the  faculty ; and  to  give  such  directions  and 
perform  such  acts  as  shall,  in  his  judgment,  promote  the  in- 


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terests  of  the  school,  so  that  they  do  not  contravene  the 
charter,  the  statutes,  the  orders  of  the  trustees,  or  the  de- 
cisions of  the  faculty  of  the  school ; to  give  to  the  Presi- 
dent of  the  College  and  to  the  Committee  on  the  School  of 
Law,  from  time  to  time,  any  information  which  he  or  they 
may  require  as  to  the  condition  or  administration  of  the 
school,  or  as  to  the  manner  or  efficiency  of  the  instruction, 
or  the  performance  of  duty  of  any  of  its  officers. 

§ 2.  He  shall  have  the  power,  with  the  approval  of  the 
president,  to  grant  leave  of  absence  to  individual  students 
for  such  length  of  time  as  the  occasion  may  require. 

§ 3.  He  shall  sign  all  diplomas  for  degrees  duly  con- 
ferred. 


CHAPTER  II. 

OF  THE  FACULTY. 

The  faculty  shall  consist  of  the  president  of  the  college, 
the  warden,  and  the  professors  of  the  school.  They  shall 
meet  statedly  once  a month  during  the  annual  term.  In 
the  absence  of  the  president,  the  warden,  or,  in  the  absence 
of  both,  the  senior  professor  present  shall  preside. 

CHAPTER  III. 

OF  ADMISSIONS. 

§ i.  All  graduates  of  literary  colleges  in  good  standing, 
and  all  persons  duly  certified  to  have  passed  the  regents’ 
examination  required  by  the  rules  of  the  Court  of  Appeals 
of  the  State  of  New  York,  will  be  admitted  without  exami- 
nation. Other  candidates  for  admission  must  be  at  least 
eighteen  years  of  age,  and  shall  be  required  to  pass  an  ex- 
amination in  such  subjects  as  the  faculty  may  from  time  to 
time  prescribe.  All  the  requirements  for  admission  shall  be 
annually  published. 

§ 2.  Such  examinations  shall  be  conducted  by  examiners, 
alumni  of  the  college,  to  be  appointed  by  the  Committee  on 
the  School  of  Law. 

§ 3.  The  examinations  shall  be  held  during  the  week  next 
preceding  the  first  Monday  in  October,  and  shall  be  con- 
ducted in  such  form  and  manner  as  may  be  prescribed  by 
the  faculty. 


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CHAPTER  IV. 

OF  THE  COURSE  OF  STUDY. 

§ i.  There  shall  be  two  classes  of  undergraduate  students 
in  the  law  school,  to  be  called  respectively  the  senior  and 
the  junior  class.  The  course  of  study  of  each  of  these 
classes  shall  occupy  a year,  and  the  entire  course  two 
years. 

§ 2.  The  annual  term  in  the  law  school  shall  commence 
on  the  first  Monday  in  October,  in  each  and  every  year,  and 
shall  close  on  the  second  Wednesday  in  June.  The  annual 
term  shall  constitute  the  collegiate  year. 

§ 3.  A plan  of  the  course,  specifying  in  detail  the  studies 
to  be  pursued  in  each  year  and  in  each  of  the  departments 
of  instruction,  shall  from  time  to  time  be  prepared  by  the 
faculty. 

§ 4.  The  warden,  with  the  concurrence  of  the  faculty, 
shall  have  power  to  arrange  the  hours  for  lectures  and  reci- 
tations, as  well  as  to  select  the  text-books  for  the  use  of 
the  students. 

§ 5.  Moot  courts  shall  be  held  under  the  direction  of  the 
faculty,  at  such  times  as  they  may  deem  proper.  The 
mode  of  proceeding  and  the  assignments  of  students  to 
take  part  in  the  discussion  shall  be  under  the  direction  of 
the  warden. 


CHAPTER  V. 

OF  DEGREES. 

§ 1.  Every  student  who  shall  pass  an  approved  examina- 
tion upon  the  required  studies  of  the  course  shall  be  entitled 
to  be  recommended  to  the  trustees  for  the  degree  of 
bachelor  of  laws.  Should  the  student  not  have  attained 
the  age  of  twenty-one  years  at  the  time  of  graduating,  the 
delivery  of  the  diploma  shall  be  deferred  until  he  shall  have 
attained  that  age. 

§ 2.  A student  who  shall  have  pursued  the  full  course  of 
study  shall  be  entitled  to  a certificate  stating  the  duration 
of  his  attendance  and  the  degree  of  his  attainment,  to  be 
signed  by  the  warden. 


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PART  V. 

THE  SCHOOL  OF  POLITICAL  SCIENCE. 

CHAPTER  I. 

OF  THE  FACULTY. 

The  faculty  of  the  School  of  Political  Science  shall  con- 
sist of  the  president  and  the  professors  engaged  in  the 
course  of  instruction. 


CHAPTER  II. 

OF  ADMISSION. 

Candidates  for  a degree  in  this  school  must  have  success- 
fully pursued  a course  of  undergraduate  study  in  this 
college,  or  in  some  other  maintaining  an  equivalent  course 
of  study,  to  the  close  of  the  junior  year. 

CHAPTER  III. 

OF  THE  COURSE  OF  STUDY. 

§ i.  There  shall  be  three  classes  of  students  in  the  School 
of  Political  Science.  The  course  of  study  in  each  of  these 
classes  shall  occupy  a year,  and  the  entire  course  three 
years. 

§ 2.  The  course  of  study  shall  be  designed  to  prepare 
young  men  for  the  duties  of  public  life,  and  shall  embrace 
the  history  of  philosophy ; the  history  of  the  literature  of 
the  political  sciences ; the  general  constitutional  history  of 
Europe  ; the  special  constitutional  history  of  England  and 
the  United  States;  the  Roman  law  and  the  jurisprudence 
of  existing  codes  derived  therefrom  ; the  comparative  con- 
stitutional law  of  European  states  and  of  the  United  States  ; 
the  comparative  constitutional  law  of  the  different  states  of 
the  American  Union;  the  history  of  diplomacy;  interna- 
tional law  ; systems  of  administration,  state  and  national,  of 
the  United  States;  comparison  of  American  and  European 
systems  of  administration  ; political  economy,  and  statistics. 

§ 3.  A plan  of  the  course,  specifying  in  detail  the  studies 


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to  be  pursued  in  each  year,  shall  from  time  to  time  be  pre- 
pared by  the  faculty. 


CHAPTER  IV. 

OF  DEGREES. 

§ i.  Students  of  the  school  who  shall  satisfactorily  com- 
plete the  studies  of  the  first  year  shall  be  qualified,  on  ex- 
amination and  the  recommendation  of  the  faculty,  to 
receive  the  degree  of  bachelor  of  philosophy  ; or  (with  the 
concurrence  of  the  faculty  of  arts)  the  degree  of  bachelor 
of  arts. 

§ 2.  Students  of  the  school  who  have  obtained  the  degree 
of  bachelor  of  arts  at  this  college,  or  at  some  other  main- 
taining an  equivalent  course  of  study,  and  who  shall  satis- 
factorily complete  the  studies  of  the  second  year,  shall  be 
qualified,  on  similar  examination  and  recommendation  of 
the  faculty  of  the  School  of  Political  Science,  to  receive 
the  degree  of  master  of  arts. 

§ 3.  Students  who  complete  the  entire  course  of  three 
years  shall,  on  similar  examination  and  recommendation 
of  the  faculty  of  political  science,  be  qualified  to  receive 
the  degree  of  doctor  of  philosophy. 


PART  VI. 

COLLEGIATE  COURSE  FOR  WOMEN. 


§ 1.  Women  desiring  to  avail  themselves  of  a course  of 
collegiate  study,  equivalent  to  the  course  given  to  young 
men  in  the  college,  may  pursue  the  same  under  the  general 
direction  of  the  faculty  of  the  School  of  Arts,  subject  to 
the  principles  and  regulations  hereinafter  set  forth. 

§ 2.  The  course  of  study  shall  extend  over  a term  of  four 
years. 

§ 3.  The  course  of  study  shall  be  arranged  in  groups. 

§ 4.  Of  these  groups,  one  shall  be  required  for  the  first 
two  years,  and  with  it  another  shall  be  selected.  On  the 
expiration  of  the  first  two  years,  all  the  groups  shall  be- 
come elective. 

§ 5.  A general  and  very  strict  preliminary  examination 
shall  be  held  for  admission  to  the  four  years’  course. 


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§ 6.  Unless  under  special  circumstance,  no  young  woman 
shall  be  admitted  to  such  entrance  examination  before  she 
shall  have  attained  the  age  of  seventeen  years. 

§ 7.  Every  student  so  admitted  shall  be  entirely  free  as 
to  where  and  how  to  pursue  her  studies,  whether  in  some 
school,  private  or  public,  or  at  home,  or  under  the  auspices 
or  direction  of  any  association  interested  in  her  welfare  and 
advancement,  and  providing  her  with  the  means  of  education. 

§ 8.  Examinations  shall  be  held  as  often  as  may  be  neces- 
sary ; and  shall  be  conducted  by  officers  of  the  college, 
or  their  duly  appointed  representatives,  and  shall  be  in 
writing. 

§ 9.  All  such  students  as  shall  have  pursued,  during  four 
years,  a course  of  study  fully  equivalent  to  that  for  which 
the  same  degree  is  conferred  in  the  School  of  Arts,  and 
shall  have  passed  all  the  examinations  required,  shall  be 
qualified  to  receive  the  degree  of  bachelor  of  arts. 

§ 10.  A student  not  pursuing  the  full  course  of  study  re- 
quired for  the  degree  of  bachelor  of  arts,  shall  receive  at 
the  completion  of  her  course  of  study  a certificate,  stating 
the  subject  she  has  pursued,  and  certifying  that  she  has 
satisfactorily  passed  all  required  examinations  upon  the 
same. 

§ 11.  Special  students  may  be  admitted  to  the  collegiate 
course  for  women  and  for  such  students  no  examination 
shall  be  required,  except  such  as  is  necessary  to  ascertain 
whether  they  are  qualified  to  pursue  with  profit  the  special 
course  for  which  they  apply. 

§ 12.  Women  who  shall  have  taken  the  degree  of  bachelor 
of  arts  in  the  collegiate  course  for  women  may  study  for 
higher  degrees  under  the  direction  of  the  faculty  of  the 
School  of  Arts. 

§ 13.  Women  graduates  of  other  colleges  in  good  repute, 
who  shall  have  satisfied  the  said  faculty  that  the  course  of 
study  for  which  they  have  received  their  degrees  is  equiva- 
lent to  that  for  which  similar  degrees  are  conferred  in  the 
collegiate  course  for  women,  or  shall  have  passed  such  ex- 
amination as  the  said  faculty  may  prescribe,  may  be  per- 
mitted to  study  for  higher  degrees  on  the  same  conditions 
required  in  the  case  of  graduates  in  the  said  course  in  Co- 
lumbia College. 

§ 14.  The  said  faculty  shall,  subject  to  the  general  orders 
of  the  trustees,  prescribe  courses  of  study  for  the  said 
higher  degrees,  and  add  such  conditions  as  they  may  deem 
expedient. 


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PART  VII. 


OF  AMENDMENTS. 

No  amendment,  alteration,  or  repeal  of  these  statutes,  or 
of  any  part  thereof,  shall  be  made  until  four  weeks  after 
the  same  shall  have  been  presented  in  writing  at  a meeting 
of  the  trustees. 


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